Gil — #3983 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Gil

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,951 babies named Gil between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gil currently holds the #3983 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 124 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gil performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 915 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Gil shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 985 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Gil in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gil in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,951 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.